An internship program for young lecturers that aims to develop competence and insight into the scientific field of the lecturer has been opened. The apprenticeship program launched by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemendikbudristek RI) consists of five main subjects: management of higher education institutions, education and teaching, research, community service, and development of cooperation. This program is carried out for four months, from August to November 2022.
Suwandoko, S.H., M.H., a junior lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Tidar (FH UNTIDAR), through an interview with FH News on Thursday (17/11/2022), explained that the implementation of the young lecturer internship program was initially carried out online in the first two months.
“From August to September 2022, we will go online, while from October to November 2022 we will be offline at the MERR-C Campus of Airlangga University, to be precise at the Directorate of Education Innovation and Development,” said Suwandoko.
Suwandoko said that the junior lecturers were equipped with various knowledge and skills related to higher education management, manners, soft skills, how to write good research, tricks for community service, and other materials compiled by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.
“These materials were all prepared by the Ministry of Education and Culture. I was also placed at Airlangga University by the Ministry of Education and Culture. This program is also fully funded and open to young lecturers with a maximum age of 40 years,” explained Suwandoko.
Suwandoko also explained the stages he went through during the apprenticeship registration process. First, after registering an account through the Kemendikbudristek website, the next is uploading the required documents. After that, the documents will be selected, and the announcement of the participants who have passed will be announced on the Kemendikbudristek website.
“Every month, we have to make a monthly report. We also make logbooks. And at the end of the internship program, we young lecturers participating in this internship program must make a final report, research proposal, and community service proposal. We also here have to establish cooperation and collaboration with the intended university,” he explained,
For activities while undergoing an internship program at the Faculty of Law, 51动漫 (FH UNAIR), said Suwandoko, he was given the opportunity to attend lectures and explain the material for the State Administrative Court Procedural Law course. Apart from studying teaching and learning activities at FH UNAIR, he also learned how FH UNAIR manages its journals, observed the law laboratories, and held discussions with Deputy Dean III to discuss collaboration between FH UNAIR and FH UNTIDAR, and studied quality assurance and the curriculum applied at FH UNAIR.
“We study here to develop our study program at FH UNTIDAR, because it also happens that the law study program at UNTIDAR was established in 2017,” said Suwandoko.
Suwandoko also conveyed his message during the internship program at UNAIR. He said this program made him have many relationships and learn many new cultures.
“Lecturers’ teaching goals are also to educate the young generation, so I think this internship program is good because institutions also collaborate,” said Suwandoko.
